Trial reportInternational journal of environmental research and public health2019
The Effect of Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback Training on Mental Health of Pregnant and Non-Pregnant Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Trial report in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 36 citations in OpenAlex.
- Efficacy and Methodology of Remote Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback Interventions for Mental Health: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Applied psychophysiology and biofeedback · 2026Pooled it
- Neurophysiological Approach by Self-Control of Your Stress-Related Autonomic Nervous System with Depression, Stress and Anxiety Patients.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- A meta-analysis on heart rate variability biofeedback and depressive symptoms.Scientific reports · 2021Pooled it
- Fidelity of Interventions to Reduce or Prevent Stress and/or Anxiety from Pregnancy up to Two Years Postpartum: A Systematic Review.Maternal and child health journal · 2021Pooled it
- Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback Training Reduces Early Maternal Stress, Anxiety, and Depression in Women Undergoing Cesarean Delivery: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Applied psychophysiology and biofeedback · 2024Trial
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- Depressive symptoms and heart rate variability in perinatal women: A narrative review.Japan journal of nursing science : JJNS · 2025Review
- A Synthesized Model for Applying Stress Management and Biofeedback Interventions in Research Utilization: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Clinical practice and epidemiology in mental health : CP & EMH · 2024Review
- Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback as Adjunctive Treatment of Generalized Anxiety Disorder: A Case Report.Integrative medicine (Encinitas, Calif.) · 2023Article
- My Life in HRV Biofeedback Research.Applied psychophysiology and biofeedback · 2022Review
- Emotional Self-Regulation in Primary Education: A Heart Rate-Variability Biofeedback Intervention Programme.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Mindfulness-Based Student Training Improves Vascular Variability Associated With Sustained Reductions in Physiological Stress Response.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- SUBSTANCE USE AND ADDICTION AFFECT MORE THAN THE BRAIN: THE PROMISE OF NEUROCARDIAC INTERVENTIONS.Current addiction reports · 2021Article
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- Respiratory therapy for the treatment of anxiety: Meta-analytic review and regression.Clinical psychology review · 2021Review
- The Current Evidence Levels for Biofeedback and Neurofeedback Interventions in Treating Depression: A Narrative Review.Neural plasticity · 2021Review
- Effects of psychological stress on adverse pregnancy outcomes and nonpharmacologic approaches for reduction: an expert review.American journal of obstetrics & gynecology MFM · 2020Review
- Feasibility and Efficacy of the Addition of Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback to a Remote Digital Health Intervention for Depression.Applied psychophysiology and biofeedback · 2020Article
- Heart rate variability is reduced in normal pregnancy irrespective of trimester: A cross-sectional study from Gujarat, India.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2020Article
- Prenatal Psychological Stress Exposure and Neurodevelopment and Health of Children.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
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Authors and funding
5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
In this study, we examined the efficacy of heart rate variability (HRV)-biofeedback on stress and stress-related mental health problems in women. Furthermore, we examined whether the efficacy differed between pregnant and non-pregnant women. Fifty women (20 pregnant, 30 non-pregnant; mean age 31.6,
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